Short version: 300m swim: 5:36
t1: 1:35
10mi bike: 27:54
t2: 1:13
5k run:23:54
2nd in my ag! yay
Longer version: I wasn't planning on signing up for any sprints this season and just focus on my longer events, but I found a newbie who wanted to train for something specific and so I suggested this one, and felt compelled to do it too.
Got up at 5, had a pb&j sandwich and coffee and headed to the race. Set up transition and realized I was about as far as I could possibly be from the swim exit, and bike and run exits :(.
I went for a 3 mi warmup run and chatted with my 1st timer friend. It was a pool swim and I was # 37 (in a dual start) so once it started, it went fast. Two guys passed me at about 175m, and I was okay with it b/c I was swimming in their drafts the whole rest of the time, but REALLY irritated at the wall b/c there was traffic for some reason, people were stopped and trying to push off. I am not sure why on the last 2 turns and at the exit, there were like 4-5 people just freakin waiting!..hence my sad swim time :(
My bike went by thankfully uneventfully. I passed a few people and got passed twice (by very aero fitted people- so they paid for the speed :)
My run was also uneventful till the last 1/2 mi or so. This girl ran up to me and I asked if she was my competition. She was. AAAArg! We chatted a while. We were both wearing the cap from the Galveston HIM I did in April so I asked her how she did. She said she got 6th. I had gotten 5th. (It was a qualifier for AG long course worlds in Perth, Australia, which I was offered, but had to pass on for financial and family reasons.) She said she took it because I rolled it down to her. I was so psyched. It was so cool to see someone who took the opportunity!. Anyway, I figured, she was #67 and already had a couple minutes on me, so even tho we sprinted to the finish, she finished like 2 minutes ahead of me.
All in all, it was a great race. I was proud (of him) and a little ashamed (of myself) that my 1st timer friend beat me by a whole 1:20, but hopefully that will keep him doing it (b/c that means I have a steady training partner :)
After the award ceremony, I went to Memorial Park at 11 am (read :100 degrees) and ran 6 mi, went home, showered, ate, and spent the rest of the afternoon in the heat at my daughter's last swim meet.
Good for you for starting
Good for you for starting someone off in the sport! People like you are the reason we are all here! We all had someone on our first start line with us.
Never be ashamed about the
Never be ashamed about the place you are coming in when you are doing the race for fun and introducing someone to the sport! It sounds like a great time!
jtrimom wrote:I am not sure
[quote=jtrimom]I am not sure why on the last 2 turns and at the exit, there were like 4-5 people just freakin waiting![/quote]
Because they are poor swimmers. And this is why you should provide on your entry a slightly faster per 100m swim time in serpetine swims. Noobs think, "Oh, 300m? I can do that in, what, 3 minutes?" And then you get stuck at the wall.
[quote=jtrimom]It was a qualifier for AG long course worlds in Perth, Australia, which I was offered, but had to pass on . . . [/quote]
No kidding. "Gee, thanks for the entry. Now I have to find my way to another continent. Meh. Let someone else."
even though i love the
even though i love the ocean, i always wonder about pool swims. in some ways, it must be nice, but others, not so nice. great job on the race.
cool that you got to meet
cool that you got to meet your new AG nemesis! :) you can spank her next time!
and good job getting another tri addict hooked
i'm envious of your 5k time...good job!
Congratulations!!!!!! Every
Congratulations!!!!!!
Every event is always a wonderful experience.
I am glad to read that you are doing better after the other day little problem with this heat that is frying us here in Houston.
thanks for the comments,
thanks for the comments, guys. I have never been hungry for 1st place in my ag, but somehow, this sprint made me want it. I signed up for another local sprint labor day weekend.....
Are you doing any local races this season, Dr. Rios?
You are so speedy! I am
You are so speedy! I am totally impressed. And you have twice as many kids as I do. Dang!
Jtrimom: I thought maybe
Jtrimom:
I thought maybe doind the Sugar Land sprint this summer before going back to Ecuador por a couple of months...but lately I have been concentrating in my running most than anything else, got the ultra running bug, so there is a big one coming in October in Ecuador, so that has been my main focus. I still ride and swim but haven´t thought of actually participating in one.
Did you see it we are getting some rain this evening!!!
But who knows...I might end up doing one...
I´ll see...
Great race Sharon. An
Great race Sharon. An invitation to World's!!!! I am impressed.
gfd wrote:Great race Sharon.
[quote=gfd]Great race Sharon. An invitation to World's!!!! I am impressed.[/quote]
ya, when I got the email, I thought it was a joke, but I looked into it, and although it looked intriguing, I don't have that many frequent flier miles (or time and money), plus I was alreaady signed up for the Longhorn HIM in October which is around the same time. I am glad she took advantage of my roll down :)
dr_rios_ec wrote:Jtrimom: I
[quote=dr_rios_ec]Jtrimom:
I thought maybe doind the Sugar Land sprint this summer before going back to Ecuador por a couple of months...but lately I have been concentrating in my running most than anything else, got the ultra running bug, so there is a big one coming in October in Ecuador, so that has been my main focus. I still ride and swim but haven´t thought of actually participating in one.
Did you see it we are getting some rain this evening!!!
But who knows...I might end up doing one...
I´ll see...[/quote]
I am going to do the Summertime Blues sprint in Freeport Sept 6. Look into it- it was really fun last year.
Rain! yay- it would be great- even tho my kids are supposed to go to an end of the swim meet season pizza/pool party. We have lived at the pool all of June. Rain will be welcomed (as long as it's not during a long ride/run :)
Good Job! I don't know how
Good Job! I don't know how you Houstonians do it in the heat and humidity...a mid day run at Memorial (after a race!), I can barely stand the heat at 9am when I'm there!
21.5 MPH on the bike is
21.5 MPH on the bike is pretty bad-assed. Congratulations!
jtrimom wrote:dr_rios_ec
[quote=jtrimom][quote=dr_rios_ec]Jtrimom:
I thought maybe doind the Sugar Land sprint this summer before going back to Ecuador por a couple of months...but lately I have been concentrating in my running most than anything else, got the ultra running bug, so there is a big one coming in October in Ecuador, so that has been my main focus. I still ride and swim but haven´t thought of actually participating in one.
Did you see it we are getting some rain this evening!!!
But who knows...I might end up doing one...
I´ll see...[/quote]
I am going to do the Summertime Blues sprint in Freeport Sept 6. Look into it- it was really fun last year.
Rain! yay- it would be great- even tho my kids are supposed to go to an end of the swim meet season pizza/pool party. We have lived at the pool all of June. Rain will be welcomed (as long as it's not during a long ride/run :)
[/quote]
I was thinking about that one a posibility, but also I might be by that time already in Ecuador. Best of luck to you in that one too.
Feels so so so wonderful a little bit of cooling rain here in Houston.
Great RR Sharon. You are so
Great RR Sharon. You are so fast! Is that natural talent plus hard work or just plain old hard work??? I have the feeling you will get your AG win this season. Good Luck!
Congrats on the podium
Congrats on the podium finish!
TonisTri wrote:Great RR
[quote=TonisTri]Great RR Sharon. You are so fast! Is that natural talent plus hard work or just plain old hard work??? I have the feeling you will get your AG win this season. Good Luck![/quote]
I am not sure I would call it talent. The truth is, I love to train. I have to hold back some days because I am scared to overtrain- so race days are just a treat :)
Congrats again, and what a
Congrats again, and what a great surprise the worlds must have been :)